[An outline plan of the harbour and fortifications of Louisbourg]

Durell, Philip, -1766

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770

1745

Scale not given

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military maps--Early works to 1800
• United States--History--King George’s War, 1744-1748--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Canada
• Louisbourg
• North and Central America
• Nova Scotia

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink ; 53 x 73 cm

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• Untitled manuscript map of Louisbourg harbour showing the town and fortifications.
• Depicting the same area, on the same scale and on the same paper as the manuscript "Plan of the HARBOUR and FORTIFICATIONS OF LOUISBOURG The harbour Surv'd by Capt. Philip Durell The Town and fortifications by J.H.Bastide Engineer for Nova Scotia", also in the King's Topographical Collection (see Maps K.Top.119.88.2.).
• Scale bar at lower right has no data but scale approximately 1:6,300 (data derived from Maps K.Top.119.88.2. - at the same scale).
• Shows fortifications and batteries.
• Lighthouse shown pictorially.
• Includes a decorative compass rose in the harbour with emanating rhumb lines.
• Includes sounding depths.
• Titled 'A drawn Plan of the Harbour and Fortifications of Louisbourg' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled 'An outline plan of the harbour and fortifications of Louisbourg; on a scale of 6 1/2 inches to a mile: 2 f. 4 1/2 in. x 1 f. 8 1/2 in' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.